Odyssean Institute

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF EXISTENTIAL RISK AND GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISK BY ADDING TO THE COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF STUDY AND EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD BY:A. CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND MODELLING AROUND THE RISKS OF CIVILISATIONAL COLLAPSE;B. RUNNING EXPERIMENTS AROUND THE PROCESSES OF DECISION-MAKING MECHANISMS AND FRAMEWORKS; ANDC. ESTABLISHING CITIZEN ASSEMBLIES THROUGH WHICH THE CHARITY’S RESEARCH AND FINDINGS MAY BE DELIBERATED AND THROUGH WHICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY BE EDUCATED AND GAIN GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND INSIGHTS. IN ALL CASES PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, EXISTENTIAL RISK AND GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISK REFER TO RISKS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THREATS ARISING FROM ECOLOGICAL (INCLUDING SOLAR FLARES, MAJOR ASTEROID IMPACT, SUPERVOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE), TECHNOLOGICAL (NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NANOTECHNOLOGY, AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY) AND SOCIAL (BAD GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, GLOBAL SYSTEMS COLLAPSE, AND GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC RETREAT) FACTORS, AND THE INHERENT CONNECTIONS AND INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN THESE FACTORS.